Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Pennslyvania Woman Killed by Dump Truck

  Shannon Weidemann | April 25, 2008 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A woman driving a car on a Pennsylvania road was killed after being struck by a dump truck. The trucking accident happened in Whitemarsh Township last week. She swerved into the other lane and the...

• 7 People die in firey crash

  Gibson Vance | October 10, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Recently in Montgomery County, Ala., a fiery head-on collision between an 18-wheeler and 16-passenger van killed one Alabama Department of Corrections employee and six applicants for prison...

• Trucking Accident Kills One in Caldwell

  Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2008 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A woman was killed in a trucking accident in Caldwell early this morning. The accident happened on Highway 55 between Farmway Road and 10th Avenue. The victim was driving a minivan. Deputies say it appears the driver of the van didn't see the truck as she pulled out onto Highway 55 from Ashland Drive and was broad sided by the semi. Idaho State Police say the woman driving the vehicle...

• Trucking accident injures high school senior

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A high school senior involved in a three-car wreck in Hillsboro Wednesday suffered injuries that may have included head trauma, according to a report by The Decatur Daily News. The accident occured on Alabama 20 when two cars collilded on the road and an 18-wheeler truck traveling behind of the the cars struck one car and rolled over into a ditch. Fortunately, the other people involved in the...

• Child hit by truck prompts parade debate

  Staff Writer | November 03, 2006 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A tragic accident emerged from the University of Alabama Homecoming parade last weekend when an 8-year-old girl was run over by an 18-wheeler truck while going after a piece of candy tossed from a float. The debate ensues over whether candy and other items should be thrown from parade floats, risking the lives of children and others who run to pick them up amidst moving vehicles.Law enforcement...

• Tractor Trailer Drives Onto Pickup Truck in Alabama

  Shannon Weidemann | November 21, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man is amazed that he escaped serious injury in Alabama after his pickup truck was driven over by an 18-wheeler. The trucking accident happened on Route 65 on Monday. The man suffered some slight injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. Foro, 59, recalled seeing the windshield crack and the roof begin to crumple. Before he could...

• Deadly Virginia pickup truck accident

  Staff Writer | September 04, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A tragic motor vehicle accident out of Cana, Virginia, made headlines yesterday, when three teens were killed after the pickup truck they were riding in crashed.My FOX 8 in Virginia reports that two of the teens who died were riding in the back of the truck, and one was in the cab. Three other teens in the vehicle sustained injuries and were treated at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical...

• Fatal crash involving parked semi truck

  Staff Writer | March 30, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A man driving a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix crashed into a parked semi tractor-trailer on Thursday just after 3 a.m. at a rest park ramp off I-65 in Jasper County.Investigators say that the man driving the car drove off the ramp and crashed directly into the parked truck from behind, causing the blunt force trauma that killed him.The truck was reportedly parked illegally and its driver, who was...

• One-vehicle accident kills motorist

  Staff Writer | February 26, 2007 1:02 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Tuscalossa News reported a fatal one-vehicle accident Saturday in which a 21-year-old Duncanville man ran off the road and struck a tree. The tragedy occurred on Alabama Highway 117 in Northport when the man lost control of his Ford F150 pickup truck at 4 a.m. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt, and no other vehicles were invovled in the crash. Alamaba State Troopers are still investigating...

• Trucking Accident Kills Alabama Man

  Shannon Weidemann | December 14, 2007 8:33 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A trucking accident in Oregon killed a 23-year-old man from Alabama on Tuesday morning. He was driving an SUV on Highway 58 when he was hit by a semi-truck after crossing the center line. The semi-truck burst into flames after the collision. A good samaritan rescued the driver of the semi-truck. He is at the hospital.Investigation determined that the deceased drove a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder...